Project Grant CLSS00000056411

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $346,436 Project Grant to Kentucky Highlands Investment Corp under the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP, CFDA 10.870). The two-year grant will provide rural microentrepreneurs in Kentucky with skills training and continuing technical and financial assistance to establish and successfully operate new rural microenterprises through September 2024. RMAP aims to support rural economic development by providing resources for...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $140,292 Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP) Project Grant to the Center For Rural Affairs Community Capital, a non-profit organization and community development corporation. The funding will support the organization's efforts to provide training, capacity building, technical assistance, and access to capital for microenterprises and rural microentrepreneurs, with a focus on women, low-income, minority entrepreneurs, and...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded Mas Comunidad $101,603 under the Rural Business Development Grant program (CFDA 10.351) from July 2022 through July 2024. The funding will support Mas Comunidad's efforts to promote sustainable economic development and facilitate the establishment and growth of small businesses in rural communities located in New Mexico. As the stated purpose of the Rural Business Development Grant program is to improve rural economies, it can be...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Rcap Solutions, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Worcester, Massachusetts, under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The grant will fund Rcap Solutions to provide technical assistance and training (TAT) related to essential community facilities programs for rural residents. Rcap Solutions will help communities, Indian Tribes, and nonprofit corporations...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded Men & Women United a $180,243 Rural Business Development Grant under the Rural Business Development Grant program (CFDA 10.351) to facilitate small business and economic development in rural North Carolina communities. The grant period runs from July 30, 2021 through July 30, 2023. As described in the program overview, funding will support sustainable economic growth by helping to develop small businesses, private industry, and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service has awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) to the City of Manchester, MI for the period of March 20, 2025 to March 20, 2027. This grant will fund the development of essential community facilities and infrastructure in the rural Manchester area to support public safety, healthcare, education, and community services. The program aims to enhance quality of life and orderly...

The Rural Nevada Development Corporation (RNDC) was awarded a $162,201 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP, CFDA 10.870) on September 22, 2023. Through this two-year award, RNDC will provide rural microentrepreneurs in Nevada with skills training, technical assistance, and access to capital to establish new rural microenterprises and support their successful operation. As a subrecipient, RNDC has also administered...

The Marshall Islands Development Bank received a $398,014 project grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service under the Rural Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance program (CFDA 10.420). The grant will support the provision of technical assistance services to help very low- and low-income individuals and families in the United States build homes using the self-help method from June 2022 through March 2023. The Rural Self-Help Housing Technical Assistance...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to W.a.m.y. Community Action, Inc., a non-profit organization, under the Rural Housing Preservation Grants program (CFDA 10.433). The grant funding will be used by W.a.m.y. Community Action, Inc. to repair and rehabilitate homes of very low- and low-income rural residents, individual homeowners, rental property owners, and housing cooperatives in North Carolina. The project period runs from October 22,...

The Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $249,418 Project Grant under the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (CFDA 10.870) to the Northern Maine Development Commission, Inc. (NMDC) on September 18, 2025. This two-year grant supports NMDC, a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), in providing loans, training, technical assistance, and entrepreneurship education to rural microenterprises with 10 or fewer employees in northern Maine. The...